Tompson Mall

[20,81] - [21,82] (bic) (statuses) (update) Tompson Mall all corners EHB and lit Johnny Alderman (talk) 23:23, 31 July 2024 (UTC)

Tompson Mall Lockettside [20, 81] - [21, 82] Poncione Grove (Ruddlebank) St. Alexander's Hospital Ingram Avenue Jenner Lane wasteland (Ruddlebank) Tompson Mall Tompson Mall the Beer Building the Cheeke Building (NT) (Ruddlebank) Tompson Mall Tompson Mall St Irenaeus's Church Hinckesman Bank (Ruddlebank) Butler Avenue wasteland Hind Crescent Railway Station Basic Info: Malls are an excellent place to find a wide range of items; the only major items that cannot be found here are revivification syringes and fuel cans. As such, Malls are frequently used as safehouses and fortresses by survivors. Zombies often check inside (when they can get in), and organized zombie groups sometimes lay siege to them. They are listed as a Tactical Resource Point. Characters with the Shopping skill can loot specific stores. Those without will find these items at random: Bookstore: books, poetry books. Drugstore: first aid kits. Gun Store: pistols, pistol clips, shotguns, shotgun shells. Hardware Store: crowbars, fire axes, flare guns, spray cans, knives, portable generators, toolboxes. Liquor Store: beer, wine. Sporting Goods: baseball bats, Binoculars, cricket bats, fencing foils, golf clubs, hockey sticks, pool cues, ski poles, tennis rackets. Tech Store: GPS units, mobile phones, radios, radio transmitters. Malls are large buildings, and are barricaded as such.

Tompson Mall is a four-block shopping mall in the suburb of Lockettside.

Tompson Mall is home to Malton's only headwear specialty shop (aka the Hat Store), which is located in the Northeast corner.

After witnessing the success of Joachim Mall in its first few days, the suburban councils of Malton went berserk- this was the kind of raw capital they needed! Joachim's size alone drew a huge amount of customers, to say nothing of the interior, some coming all the way across the city to shop or just look, and the thought of losing all that money was almost physically painful to the councils. Plans were made immediately to begin work, and thus the Malton Mall Boom of the 70's had begun.

Tompson Mall was the first of these new malls, based almost directly off the Joachim design. Paid for by funding from the community, the foundation was laid down before the gala surrounding Joachim's opening had even ended. It gained mixed reviews as construction progressed- while most of the Southwest was thrilled to not have to travel across town to shop any more, others had already done so and subsequently paid a visit to the site of the new mall, where the similarities made themselves obvious almost right off the bat. Construction was halted for a time as the council withdrew the plans (the first floor had already been built) and made alterations to the upper levels, attempting to make their building stand out from the rest.

When the plans returned, the solid, blocky edges of the Joachim idea now softened towards the top, gliding and merging together to form a circular ring bent lightly inward past the walls. The roof- a solid, no-nonsense work of steel and sheeting- was to have no glass openings at all, precluding the use of natural light for the plazas inherent to the design. In addition, the exterior was to have only the barest ornamentation, preferring bare concrete to flashy paint or siding.

Many railed against the idea at first- it sounded like an abortion of the beautiful look sported by Joachim and the two other malls currently being planned for construction elsewhere. But construction progressed, and slowly the council's vision began to become clear. The mall, while not particularly eye-catching, was aesthetically pleasing to look at due to the softening lines, and those lines drew the eye straight to the roof. On the roof, at points around the shield-like steel cap, twelve gold-plated statues had been affixed, each representing a different point in the Malton constitution. The effect was to draw the viewer closer and closer, and eventually straight inside. There the interior decoration took over, an it was more than able to do its job- spiralling designs of wood and vinyl in various shades of orange and brown created a calming, comfortable effect wholly unlike the exterior ideal and specifically designed to make people want to stay longer- and subsequently, spend more.

While not a hugely acclaimed success, Tompson did reasonably well at its opening and continued to pull in a profit all the way up to the Outbreak, at which point it became a major refugee depot and gathering point for survivors. The success of this can be partially attributed to both its location- the closest mall to six entire suburbs in the south corner which lack their own- and the fact that Tompson Mall is the location of Hats Off, the largest headwear store in the entire city. Even post-Outbreak the store is somehow adding new products to its stock, which states volumes for both the mall and the people who run it.

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Barricades

Tompson Mall was a resource for the Tompson Mall Irregulars and was heavily defended, although never used as a safehouse, to defeat the point of enemies attacking the mall.

The mall is usually kept at max barricades by its inhabitants, and efforts to try and enforce the previous policy of keeping the mall at VS proved futile. Entrances on the west side come and go, and St. Irenaeus's Church to the east is usually at VS.

When the mall is under siege the inhabitants can keep watch using the Thompson Barricade Guard Scheme.

Radio Transmitters

All radio transmitters and portable radios should be tuned to 27.20 MHz. This frequency will be used to distribute news and issue danger reports including Zed break-ins.

Current Events

Remember to keep news entries NPOV for this Suburb page.

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• December 3rd, 2008 Cheeke building ruined, St. Alexander Hospital is under attack, going to be overrun soon. Rugh 19:30, 3 December 2008 (UTC)

• December 1st, 2008 Cheeke building under attack, 1 PKer at hospital. - User:Athur birling

• November 30th, 2008 Mall is safe however the Hinckesman Bank has suffered attacks, some survivors are injured, the mall has suffered some player killing and generator killing. - User:Jackie901

• November 27, 2008 Zeds are gathering in at least two areas adjacent to the mall. Given recent dedicated assaults in Ruddlebank just to the west, it's fair to predict stormy weather ahead. - Broken English 15:31, 27 November 2008 (UTC)

• October 8th, 2008 I patrolled the area, there isn't any group of zombies around, all buildings EHB, everything seems safe, strong survivor presence in all corners.--ispanialan 20:05, 8 October 2008 (GMT)

• August 31, 2008 According to my NecroNet scan from a nearby NT building, there are 17 zeds gathering outside the mall. Not a major attack, probably just a gathering of ferals. Survivors in that corner look ready. Mall still overall EHB, radios, gennies. Linkthewindow 06:06, 31 August 2008 (BST)

They have left now, mall is safer (NT scan updated.) Linkthewindow 11:37, 1 September 2008 (BST)

• August 29, 2008

All corners lit, strong survivor presence all corners.--Fausta Gummings 10:42, 29 August 2008 (BST)

• August 26, 2008

Building has been repaired, but no gennies, one corner still ruined with zeds inside. Linkthewindow 07:32, 26 August 2008 (BST)

Update; now in survivor hands. There is still one zombie inside, but all corners are barricaded. Still needs power, though. Linkthewindow 09:32, 28 August 2008 (BST)

• August 24, 2008

Whole building is ruined, no survivors in sight. Currently an EP for the hospital. Linkthewindow 07:27, 24 August 2008 (BST)

• August 12th, 2008

The NW block has been de-barricaded and is unpowered, the other corners are powered. St.Alexanders is ruined, and the Cheeke Building is under seige.--Rahrah^{Come join the #party!}08:16, 12 August 2008 (BST)

• August 2nd 2008

It's not really a siege when the entire mall is ruined and devoid of life either. Tompson has fallen to the MOB Techercizer ^(Food) _(TSoE) 18:40, 2 August 2008 (BST)

• August 1st 2008

Zombies in every part of the mall! 3/4th ransacked, they just keep coming. this is obviously another siege! there are hordes of zombies, please send reinforcement ASAP! the mall has almost fallen! survivors are now focusing on defending the Cheeke NT building and the Police Departments!!!! fatfisher13 19:37, 1 August 2008 (BST)

When a mall is 3/4 ransacked it's not really a siege anymore, it's a conquest. Just FYI.--Jiangyingzi 18:35, 2 August 2008 (BST)

• July 31 2008

Zombies have infiltrated the mall NE, 28 of them, its completely ransacked. this may lead up to a full scale zombie invasion and is very possible now, currently survivors have holed up in the other parts of the mall and the Cheeke building we will need reenforcement ASAP! fatfisher13 15:46, 31 July 2008 (BST)

• April 22nd

South side of mall devoid of survivor life, 100+ zombies between the SW & SE sectors. Decent number of survivors currently holed up in the northern half of the mall, however it is unknown if they intend to flee or defend. Shigogouhou 06:19, 22 April 2008 (BST)

• April 21st

Power has been knocked out in all quads, and there is a small breakin in the SW corner - 4 zeds currently munching on people. There still seems to be enough people holding, however. Docmortand 09:35, 21 April 2008 (BST)

• April 20th

Well, the horde finally reached Lockettside. The Cheeke Building to the West has been taken by the zeds, 10 inside by last count with sleeping survivors and the occasional human running through. The Beer Building, St. Irenaeus's, and Hinckesman Bank are still lit. The Mall itself still stands, untouched. No news on how many undead are standing around in the streets. Not in trouble yet, but no idea how long this state of affairs will last. --Biophaze Nofoot 02:42, 21 April 2008 (UTC)

• March 29th

Survivors Reclaimed the mall some time ago, all Corners VHB and light on, surrounded buildings VBH by my and some other people, in more buildings light one not much zombies, its save here --User:Ralazo 15:34, 29 March 2008 (UTC)

• March 24th

It looks as though survivor efforts to reclaim the mall over night have succeeded. The mall stands with three squads repaired and caded to VSB and a ruined corner at VHB. The zombies outside will be most pleased at the resurgence of brains in the area. --Zombie in Pajamas 17:27, 24 March 2008 (UTC)

• March 23rd

Tompson has no signs of life and there is still a line at the Hot Topic! Attempts to reclaim this mall have failed.--DCC 19:55, 23 March 2008 (UTC)

• March 15, 2008

no they killed the one survivor in the Tompson mall and about 15 or 20 zombies outside --Greenbay11 00:10, 16 March 2008 (UTC)

• March 7, 2008

Tompson has fallen again. It was mostly because of the unorganized survivors and not enough warning, or reinforcements that are there, as i was one of the now dead. we had no reinforcements and had ended as quickly as it began. expect counter attack sometime in the future.

The mall is free of all humans.--Doc Bubonico 15:07, 7 March 2008 (UTC)

The Dead thanks the survivors of Tompson Mall for helping to kill two malls in 24 hours, we wouldn't have been able to achieve this monumentous feat without you all. --Zambargh the Ravener 17:57, 7 March 2008 (UTC)

Actually, it was three malls in 24 hours.

• March 6, 2008

TOMPSON IS UNDER ATTACK! NE CORNER RUINED! 150+ ZOMBIE MOB! WE NEED IMMEDIATE REINFORCEMENTS! - Ryan Quicksilver

old news moved to archive in discussion page --Ram Charger 03:43, 16 December 2007 (UTC)

• December 25, 2007

Christmas Morning is peaceful, the people are awoken by the sound of a shotgun blowing away the only zombie outside the mall. Tompson is a very safe place for survivors at the moment, few zombies roam the area. BenderWaW 11:19, 25 December 2007 (UTC)

• November 13, 2007

While numbers in the mall have dropped dramatically, it remains in ruins. Less than 15 zombies occupy the mall at the time of this report. BenderWaW 03:09, 14 November 2007 (UTC)

• November 11,2007

entire place ruined, more then 120 zombies inside.--Aldaris 07:56, 11 November 2007 (UTC)

• November 10,2007

about 90 zombies are in right now, upper half ramsacked, scrap that, ruined, i think the mall will change to 'in zombie hands' within a day. I'll tell when it happened. --Aldaris 17:54, 10 November 2007 (UTC)

• November 9,2007

And now for something completely similar. Creeping Crud ^U 20:58, 9 November 2007 (UTC)

Historical Section

The Fall Of Tompson

In early January 2006, a large zombie horde comprising of Da Shamblin' WAAAGH, The Undying Scourge, the Minions of the Apocalypse and the Shambling Seagulls laid siege to Tompson Mall and the surrounding area, and after several days of struggle broke through the barricades, slaughtering all within. The slow process of repopulation has now begun, but it may be weeks before the Mall has recovered.

• January 2006 Assault on Tompson Mall
• January 2006 Siege of Tompson Mall

Songs

Tompson has inspired a song, much like a tune was made for Caiger Mall. It remains to be seen if more people will write such songs, or if other malls or important areas will adopt the tradition.

Off to Tompson in the Blue

Off to Tompson in the Blue was written by Arthur Patstone during the April-May ’07 Battle for Tompson Mall. Since the song was written things have turned in favor of the survivors, but at the time the humans in the NW quarter were outnumbered nearly 2 to 1 by their zombie attackers. Arthur wrote the song to rally his fellows, who were the first real comrades he had met in Malton.

Off to Tompson in the Blue

(A tribute to the Tompson Mall Defenders. Keep those ‘cades up boys!)

(Chorus)

And we’re all off to Tompson in the blue, in the blue

Where the zombies die by the ton

Where the axe heads flash and the pistols crash

To the boom of an ol’ shotgun.

Oh I am just a simple scout and I walked the streets all day

Till a sudden thought came to my head that this was not the way

For I’m sick and tired of running, with a life that is forlorn

So I’m off to join the TMD, and I’m off tomorrow morn

I’ll leave aside my length of pipe, I’ll leave aside books for now

I’ll leave aside all but my axe, I’ll make these zombies bow

And I'll leave aside my Mary, she's the girl that I adore

And I wonder if she'll think of me when she hears the undead roar

And when the war is over and dear old Tompson’s free

I'll take her to Irenaeus to wed, and a scout's wife she will be

Well, some men fight for silver and some men fight for gold

But the TMD are fighting for the land that the zombies stole

Written by: Arthur Patstone, adapted from Off To Dublin In The Green

Tune: The Jolly Ploughboy

ULCs

The Upper Left Corner needs you! Yes the original Upper Left Corner is forming ULCs so every mall in Malton will have its very own bonkers group. Go to ULCs and sign up!